How
to Love Your DogIf you love dogs, you've come to the right place!
Whether you're preparing for a new dog or just want to have more fun with the
dog you have, you'll find everything you need right here.

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Saratoga
School for Dogs
I have trained six dogs in the last twenty years at Saratoga School for Dogs,
14451 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga 408-867-9223. We have boarded dogs here, too;
but prefer now to get a house sitter as we have three and spoil them more than
before.

This is from "The
Intelligence of Dogs", Stanley Coren, Free Press. 100 dog obedience
judges rated breeds of dogs for overall working and obedience intelligence. Translation:
what a dog can learn to do to make his or her owner happy. Stanley Coren
concludes, "Pick a dog on the basis of your lifestyle. A border collie
is an absolutely terrible dog for a working person. If you have a (smart) dog you
have to spend time with him."

This
list then are 133 pedigreed dogs ranked according to their ability to learn owner-pleasing
behavior.